Deaths in CustodyWork in progressIn progress
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Alabama

One of four people held in an Alabama jail was taken out by a mob and killed, according to a newspaper report published in October 1892. The mob hanged them and riddled them with bullets. The jail was holding them when the mob took them out.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report